Unifying selection acts on competitive ability and relative growth rate in Scabiosa columbaria

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 612-618

  Scheepens, J F ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a   Pluess, Andrea R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; GST; QST vs. FST comparison; RAPD

Indexed keywords

DIPSACACEAE; SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA;

EID: 78649442255     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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